Lisbon Area Health Center receives grant

    Lisbon Area Health Center has received a Program Development Award grant through the North Dakota Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility (Flex) Program administered through the Center for Rural Health (CRH) at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences. 

    The Program Development Award grant will be used to improve health care services in Lisbon and the surrounding communities.  Funding equaling more than $11,000 will be used to purchase a bladder scanner and provide training for staff.

    The North Dakota Flex Program, funded through a grant from the federal Office of Rural Health Policy (Health Resources and Services Administration), is a state-based partnership that works with and assists rural hospitals to stabilize and sustain their local health care infrastructure. This year, the North Dakota Flex Program distributed approximately $214,000 in grant funds to ten North Dakota critical access hospitals. In addition to grants, the CRH also uses North Dakota Flex Program funds to provide technical assistance to rural providers for community assessments, internal surveys, and strategic planning. 

                The CRH administers the North Dakota Flex Program, which also includes formal partnerships with the North Dakota Department of Health, the North Dakota Healthcare Review, Inc., and the North Dakota Healthcare Association.